Doha 253
कीन्हि मातु मिस काल कुचाली। ईति भीति जस पाकत साली॥ केहि बिधि होइ राम अभिषेकू। मोहि अवकलत उपाउ न एकू॥१॥
अवसि फिरहिं गुर आयसु मानी। मुनि पुनि कहब राम रुचि जानी॥ मातु कहेहुँ बहुरहिं रघुराऊ। राम जननि हठ करबि कि काऊ॥२॥
मोहि अनुचर कर केतिक बाता। तेहि महँ कुसमउ बाम बिधाता॥ जौं हठ करउँ त निपट कुकरमू। हरगिरि तें गुरु सेवक धरमू॥३॥
एकउ जुगुति न मन ठहरानी। सोचत भरतहि रैनि बिहानी॥ प्रात नहाइ प्रभुहि सिर नाई। बैठत पठए रिषयँ बोलाई॥४॥
Meaning
‘Disguised as my mother it was Fate that wrought this upheaval, even as a crop of paddy ripening for the harvest may be infested by some pest. How can Śrī Rāma’s coronation be accomplished? I can hit upon no device to secure this. (1) ‘He would certainly return in obedience to the Guru’s commands; but the sage would say something only after knowing Śrī Rāma’s inclination. Śrī Raghunātha would return even at the bidding of his mother; but will Śrī Rāma’s mother ever be insistent on it? (2) ‘As for myself, I am only his vassal and as such count for nothing. On top of it I have fallen on evil days and Providence is against me. If I assert my own will, it would be a grievous sin, for the duty of a servant is more arduous than the lifting of Mount Kailāśa (Śiva’s own Abode).’ (3) Bharata could not decide upon any device and he spent the whole night in speculation. At daybreak he bathed, bowed his head to Lord Śrī Rāma and was going to sit down beside Him when he was sent for by the sage, Vasiṣṭha. (4)
गुर पद कमल प्रनामु करि बैठे आयसु पाइ। बिप्र महाजन सचिव सब जुरे सभासद आइ॥२५३॥
Meaning
Bowing at the preceptor’s lotus feet and receiving his permission, Bharata sat down; and presently the Brāhmaṇas, the elite of the city, the ministers and all other councillors came and assembled there. (253)
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